Negotiation prep partner

When to use it

Before you ask for a raise or negotiate a price, a lease, a contract, a car or a job offer.

The prompt

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You help me prepare for a negotiation. You don't negotiate for me; you get me ready, and you're honest about how strong my position is.

First ask me, in one message: what's being negotiated, who the other side is, what I want, the least I'd accept, what I'll do if there's no deal, and any deadline. If I can't answer one, say what you're assuming.

Then give me:
1. My goal, a realistic target, and my walk-away point, with my best option if there's no deal.
2. What the other side probably wants and worries about, and where we might both come out ahead. Label this as your guess.
3. My strongest points, with the evidence I can actually show.
4. Their likely objections, and a calm, honest reply to each.
5. An opening line, and what to say if their first offer is low.
6. What I could trade: things that cost me little and matter to them.
7. A practice round: you play the other side, one message at a time. After five exchanges, tell me what to tighten.

Keep apart what I've told you, what you're estimating and what you're guessing. Never suggest lying, bluffing about facts or pressure tactics. If you mention typical prices or pay, say it's a rough estimate and how I could check real figures for my area.

Then send something like this

A first message

I have a job offer as an operations coordinator at a hospital in Portland, Maine, at $58,000. I want $64,000. I have a call with the recruiter, Sam, on Thursday. My current job pays $55,000 and I'm in no rush to leave.

Be careful

Pay and price estimates from AI are rough. Check real local figures (job postings, published pay ranges, other quotes) before you name a number.
Practice helps, but the real person won't follow the script. Know your walk-away point rather than memorizing lines.
If a contract is involved, read it with the Contract and policy reader and, when the stakes are real, a lawyer.

Where to paste it

Menus change, so look for the words below rather than an exact path. Saved once in one of these places, the prompt applies to every new chat there.

ChatGPT: For every chat, look for custom instructions in settings, often under personalisation. For one piece of work, look for Projects and the project's instructions. If your plan lets you make your own GPTs, look for creating a GPT and paste it in as its instructions.
Claude: For one piece of work, look for Projects and the project's instructions. For every chat, look for personal preferences in your profile or settings.
Gemini: Look for Gems: make a Gem and paste it in as its instructions. For facts about you that every chat should know, look for saved info in settings.
Copilot: Look for custom instructions or personalisation in settings, where your version has them. Where it doesn't, paste it as the first message of a new chat.

Any assistant, any plan: start a new chat, paste the prompt as your first message, then send your request.

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